Circular mold for making tiling, &amp;c.



. PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.- c. S.LA RI'M ER. CIRCULAR MOLD FOR MAKING TILIING, 8w.

APPLIOAYTIIOK FILED NOV. 1a, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of IlettersPatent No. 760,745, dated. May 24,. 1904. T Application filed November 13, 1903. Serial No. 181,104. (No model.) I

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LARIMER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Sac City, in the county-of- Sac and State of Iowa,

have invented a new and useful Circular Mold for Making'Tiling, -&c., of which the follow= ing is a specification,- v 1 My ob 'ect is to provide an. improved simple, strong, and durable cylindrical mold spethey are formed in sections hinged together and provided with means to facilitate connecting and disconnecting the different sections of the cylinders. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line m w of Fig. 1 and shows a peculiar manner of detachably connecting two sections of the inner cylinder. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the concentric cylinders and the hopper detachably connected therewith as required in practical use.

The numerals 10 and 12' designate semicircular sections of the outer cylinder detachably connected by means of fixed hingeknuckles 13 at their vertical edges projecting outward, and detachable pins 14, that have handles 15, adapted tofacilitate putting them in and out of the knuckles, as required for opening and closing the outer cylinder of the mold and for placing them in overlying positions to economize space in storing away when not 1n use. The mnerand' smaller cylinder is composed of three sections 16, 17, and 18, also detachably hinged together at their vertical edges in a peculiar manner to facilitate removing them from within a tile formed in the annular chamber between the two concentric i cylinders. The sections are made of straight pieces of sheet metalanduniform in size andtransverse curvature. The sections 16, '17, and 18 are hinged togetherby hinge irons or I knuckles 19, that project inward, and pins 20, having handles 21, and the sections 17 and 18 are connected by hinge-irons 22, fixed to the section 17 and provided with extensions 23, ;.adapted to project over the edge portion of i the section 18, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and,

as required, to be connected with the knuckles 24, fixed to the section 18 at some distancefromits edge by removable pins 25 7 By thus hinging the sectionstogether the inner cylin der can be contracted by lifting the pins 25 and moving the section 17 inward and allowing the free edge of the section 18 'to overlap the outside edge portion of the section 17, so

that the three-sections can be readily moved longitudinally, as required, to separate the mold frorna tile formed in the annular chamber existing between the two concentric cylinders,

It is obvious by lifting the pins from the knuckles and taking hold of the handles that extend transversely on the insides and top portions of the sections each section can be advantageously handled and the three sections can be placed in overlying position to facilitate transportation and to economize space in storing away when not in use. i

To facilitate" filling clay, &c intothe annu- I chamber of the mold, as required to tamp it therein to produce tile.

Handles 30 are fixed to the insides and top portions of the sections 16, 17, and 18, as required to facilitate lifting and handling the sections of the inner cylinder. The pins provided with handles extending at right angles from their tops are greatly advantageous for lifting the pins out of the knuckles of the hinge-irons.

I am aware cylinders have been formed by hinging staves together so that the staves could be separated by removing keys from the hinge-joints composed of the overlapping ends of ribs fixed across the staves and keys extended horizontally through perforations in the overlying ends of the ribs bent inward at their ends; but my manner of fixing hingeirons to the cylinders and providing pins with right-angled extensions at their tops to serve as handles is greatly advantageous in connecting and disconnecting the sections ofthe cylinders as is required in using them for molding tiling. v I

a My manner of detachably connectingtwo.

of the sections of the inner cylinder by fixing hinge-irons to oneof the sections at some distance from its edge and forming and fixing hinge-irons to the edge of a contiguous section, so. as 15, Project the hinge-knuckle across the-edge portion of the adjoining section, is greatly advantageous in that it facilitates bringing the edges of the two sections together as required to produce a true circular cylinder and also aids in separating them and placing the one section into eccentric position relative .tothe other section, as required for separating and removing the inner cylinder from a tile molded between the two concentric cylinders.

Having thus set forth the purpose of my I invention and its peculiar construction and manner of use, its practical utility and advantages' will be readily understood by molders and others familiar with the art to which it pertains.

. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mold for making tile, acylinder composed of three sections, two of said sections having fixed hinge-irons at their edges and removable pins provided with handles at their tops for detachably connecting them and one of said sections having hinge-irons at some distance from one of its edges and the adjoining section having fixed hinge-irons provided with extensions and knuckles at the ends of said extensions adapted to be detachably connected by means of removable pins and the hinge-joints at some distance from the edge of one of the sections and each section providedwith a fixed handle on its inside and top portion, in combination with a concentric cylinder of larger diameter in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

2. A mold for making tiling comprising a cylinder composed of three sections,-tw0' of said sections having fixed hinge-irons at their edges and removable pins provided with handles at their tops for detachably connecting them and one of said sections having hingeirons at some distance from one of its edges and the adjoining section having fixed hinge- -irons provided with extensions and knuckles CHARLES S. LARIMER.

Witnesses:

'l. R. STEARNs, C. (J. JAMESON..- 

